WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Poland will strive to host the Summer Olympics for the first time, with a particular eye on the Games in 2040 and 2044. Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk made this announcement on Friday while speaking at a sports field in Karczew, a town south of Warsaw, where boys were involved in soccer training, the Associated Press reported.
“Life will show whether this is a realistic goal," he said. "Taking into account the initial decisions, commitments, declarations of the International Olympic Committee, we can talk about 2040 or 2044. I dedicate this decision to today’s 10, 12, 15-year-olds that Poland will formally make efforts to organize the Olympic Games.”
Tusk explained that 2040 and 2044 were the earliest realistic dates, given other hosting decisions made by the IOC.
Poland won 10 medals altogether, including one gold, at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, and took 42nd place in the overall standings.
Poland has also yet to stage a Winter Olympics, although it did co-host the 2012 European Soccer Championship along with Ukraine.